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Painter and art critic Matthew Collings charts the rise of abstract art over the last 100 years, whilst trying to answer a set of basic questions that many people have about this often-baffling art form.

Emmy-winner Jimmy Kimmel serves as host and executive producer of “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” ABC Television Network’s distinctive late-night talk show. The show features a diverse line up of guests, including celebrities, athletes, comedians and human interest subjects. Along with a light-hearted and recognizable cast of characters, a hip house band and comedy bits in Kimmel’s inimitable style, the show additionally offers one of the funniest, freshest monologues on television today. “Jimmy Kimmel Live” often features elaborate, innovative stunts – such as having Quentin Tarantino guest-direct an entire episode, or building a state of the art performance stage in the center of Hollywood Boulevard.

Cash Cab is a game show that aired on the ITV Network in the UK from 13 June 2005 to 28 June 2006. The original programme that launched the worldwide Cash Cab franchise, it was hosted by John Moody.

The show’s host initially poses as an ordinary taxi driver and drives around the major cities of the United Kingdom in a cab. The show pays its passengers for correctly answering standard general knowledge questions. Contestants are recruited in advance but are not told that the quiz will be taking place in the cab, so although the “pick-ups” are not as random as they appear on screen, the contestants are genuinely surprised when the taxi turns out to be the Cash Cab.

The contestants tell the driver their destination before getting into the taxi and are not allowed to change it. They then have the distance they need to travel to answer questions. The first five questions are relatively easy and worth 10 each, the next five are a little harder and worth 50, the next seven, even harder and worth 100, and any question after that is worth 500. If the contestant gets three questions wrong, they lose the money they have won up to that point and must leave the cab immediately.

The host of Cash Cab, John Moody, is a genuine qualified taxi driver, and has an easygoing presenting style.

James Corden will take the reigns as host of THE LATE LATE SHOW on Monday, March 23, 2015. The 36-year-old comedian comes to American late night television with a growing list of award-winning and critically-acclaimed credits. He is a Tony Award-winning performer on Broadway, a BAFTA-winning star of UK television, and a feature film actor with two blockbuster releases this year. Now he’ll bring all of those talents to host The Late Late Show, a nightly hour of comedy, music, and interviews with the biggest stars in the world.

James Corden will take the reigns as host of THE LATE LATE SHOW on Monday, March 23, 2015. The 36-year-old comedian comes to American late night television with a growing list of award-winning and critically-acclaimed credits. He is a Tony Award-winning performer on Broadway, a BAFTA-winning star of UK television, and a feature film actor with two blockbuster releases this year. Now he’ll bring all of those talents to host The Late Late Show, a nightly hour of comedy, music, and interviews with the biggest stars in the world.